Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997, at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will be in the Newkirk Cemetery at Newkirk. The Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Rademacher was born May 2, 1916 on a farm east of Newkirk, to Broer and Maria (Kipplemeyer) Rademacher. He was raised and educated in Newkirk. He married Sarah A. (Babe) Komma on July 14, 1937 at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Newkirk. They have made their home in the IXL area south of Arkansas City most of their married life.
Rademacher, a welder by trade, worked for many years at Brown & Strauss and APCO Refinery. Later he worked for CBT Construction in Ponca City until his retirement in 1980. He also owned and operated various businesses including the City Lunch and the Sunflower Cafe in the 1940s and Rod's Apco Tire and Service Center in the mid-1960s. During the 1950s, he was instrumental in establishing the Bolton Rural Water District No. 1 and has served as its chairman. He played a major role in the development of the IXL Community. Together with his brothers, he built some 20 homes in the immediate area surrounding the IXL school.
Rademacher was an active union member serving in various official positions while at APCO and later becoming a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 767 during his years with CBT. He was a member and former secretary of the Moose Lodge and was an honorary member of both the VFW and the American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah, of the home; one son, Gary E. of Topeka, Kan.; two daughters, Ruth Hlavacek of Leonia, N.J. and Judith Morrison of Arkansas City; one brother, Julius G. of Arkansas City; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Loretta C. Pudden, one granddaughter and a great-grandson.
Ponca City News
Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997, at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Interment will be in the Newkirk Cemetery at Newkirk. The Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Rademacher was born May 2, 1916 on a farm east of Newkirk, to Broer and Maria (Kipplemeyer) Rademacher. He was raised and educated in Newkirk. He married Sarah A. (Babe) Komma on July 14, 1937 at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Newkirk. They have made their home in the IXL area south of Arkansas City most of their married life.
Rademacher, a welder by trade, worked for many years at Brown & Strauss and APCO Refinery. Later he worked for CBT Construction in Ponca City until his retirement in 1980. He also owned and operated various businesses including the City Lunch and the Sunflower Cafe in the 1940s and Rod's Apco Tire and Service Center in the mid-1960s. During the 1950s, he was instrumental in establishing the Bolton Rural Water District No. 1 and has served as its chairman. He played a major role in the development of the IXL Community. Together with his brothers, he built some 20 homes in the immediate area surrounding the IXL school.
Rademacher was an active union member serving in various official positions while at APCO and later becoming a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 767 during his years with CBT. He was a member and former secretary of the Moose Lodge and was an honorary member of both the VFW and the American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah, of the home; one son, Gary E. of Topeka, Kan.; two daughters, Ruth Hlavacek of Leonia, N.J. and Judith Morrison of Arkansas City; one brother, Julius G. of Arkansas City; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, Loretta C. Pudden, one granddaughter and a great-grandson.
Ponca City News
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Kathryn M. Rademacher Austin
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William E. Rademacher
1898–1964
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Albert Henry "Bert" Rademacher
1900–1991
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Leona W. Rademacher Lakin
1904–1974
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Mae M. Rademacher Brown
1906–1993
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Sgt Ernest B. "Ernie" Rademacher
1908–1974
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Arthur "Art" Rademacher
1911–1978
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Laura Ann Rademacher Feasel
1914–1986
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1918–2003
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